Leveraging Biobanks and PheWAS to Uncover the Health Consequences of Recent Human Evolution

The genomics era has seen a staggering increase in the number of whole genome sequences. This has bolstered studies of human populations, and revealed regions of the genome bearing signatures of selection and other demographic events. However, tying these regions to phenotypic effects in humans is d...

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Main Author: Simonti, Corinne Nicole
Other Authors: John A. Capra
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2017
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03242017-124753/